A model of cue integration as vector summation in the insect brain

This repository accompanies the manuscript "A model of cue integration as vector summation in the insect brain". All relevant data and sofware are included in this repository.

Software

All python code used for simulations and plotting can by found in the python subdirectory. The Ring Model itself is laid out in extended_ring_model.py and our simulation routine is detailed in `simulation_utilities.py'.

Data

Within the python subdirectory there are four 'data' directories:

1. behavioural_data includes our new behavioural data.
2. data_out is the standard simulation output directory.
3. dacke2019_data contains data from Dacke et al. (2019), Multimodal cue integration in the dung beetle compass.
4. shav2022_data contains data from Shaverdian, Dirlik, Mitchell, et al. (2022), Weighted cue integration for straight-line orientation

We would like to emphasise, (3) and (4) contain data from previous publications (included with author permission), this is not new data. They are referenced here and in the manuscript.

Legacy items

Any item marked [Legacy] was not included in any way in the final manuscript. These are usually things which were tried or considered at one time or another and can be useful to include for completeness' sake. If [Legacy] appears in the module header comment, then nothing in that module was used in the manuscript (supplementary information).

Figure production

All data figures are output in the python/plots subdirectory. In some cases, modifications were made in Inkscape to combine multiple figures (or fix fonts/labelling). The SVG files can be found in the figs subdirectory.

Contact

If you have questions about any aspect of this repository, please contact r.mitchell@ed.ac.uk.